Abu Dhabi fund to invest in Virgin Galactic
Posted: Tue, Jul 28 8:09 AM ET (1209 GMT)
An investment fund based in Abu Dhabi has agreed to by a 32% stake in Virgin Galactic for $280 million, the companies announced Tuesday morning....

Astronauts speed through final STS-127 spacewalk
Posted: Tue, Jul 28 8:02 AM ET (1202 GMT)
Two astronauts quickly completed their tasks outside the International Space Station during the final spacewalk of the STS-127 mission Monday. Tom Marshburn and Chris...

Progress launched to the ISS
Posted: Sat, Jul 25 7:33 AM ET (1133 GMT)
Russia launched a Progress spacecraft to the International Space Station on Friday, although the spacecraft will take longer than usual to dock with the station....

Astronauts replace batteries on extended spacewalk
Posted: Sat, Jul 25 7:31 AM ET (1131 GMT)
Two astronauts spent over seven hours outside the International Space Station on Friday replacing a set of batteries. Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn completed the...

Hawaii selected for Thirty Meter Telescope
Posted: Fri, Jul 24 1:57 PM ET (1757 GMT)
An international consortium selected Hawaii's Mauna Kea this week as the future site of what will be the world's largest telescope. The Thirty...

Suit problem cuts short spacewalk
Posted: Thu, Jul 23 8:40 AM ET (1240 GMT)
The third spacewalk of the STS-127 shuttle mission ended early on Wednesday when a problem developed with one of the spacewalker's suits. Astronauts...

Russia launches two satellites
Posted: Wed, Jul 22 2:37 PM ET (1837 GMT)
A Kosmos rocket launched two satellites into orbit early Tuesday. The Kosmos-3M rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia at 11:...

Impact scar spotted on Jupiter atmosphere
Posted: Wed, Jul 22 2:32 PM ET (1832 GMT)
Exactly fifteen years after Jupiter was pummeled by a series of impact by comet fragments, another object apparently struck the planet and left behind a...

Astronauts complete second STS-127 spacewalk
Posted: Wed, Jul 22 2:18 PM ET (1818 GMT)
Two astronauts carried out a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Monday, the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon. Dave...

Japanese lab component installed on station
Posted: Sun, Jul 19 1:14 PM ET (1714 GMT)
Two spacewalkers worked through communications glitches Saturday as part of successful efforts to install a external experiment platform to the International Space Station. Astronauts Dave...